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Facebook launches Libra cryptocurrency

What’s Facebook Libra cryptocurrency mean for payments?

Facebook unveiled its plan for a new global digital currency called Libra and a financial system to change how money moves globally. It has the potential to transform ...
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P2P security

7 million Venmo user transactions scraped

Minnesota State University infosecurity grad student Dan Salmon has a cybersecurity warning for seven million users of the popular P2P app Venmo. He recently downloaded your data to ...
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June 14 global payments news roundup

June 14 Global payments news roundup

No fake tariff deals or fake news here, just the best global payments news from this week for your information. Visa B2B Connect launched a faster cross-border payments ...
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Internet Trends 2019 by Mary Meeker

Mary Meeker Report: Internet Trends 2019

Bond Capital founder, VC investor, and technology analyst Mary Meeker is well-regarded for her annual internet trends reports. We’ll ignore whether a 333-slide presentation is good communications or ...
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Ceridian Pay Experience Report

It’s payday: Do you know what your employees are thinking?

Here at Payments NEXT, we’re usually focused on how consumers and employees spend their money. For a change of pace, we’re going to focus on payroll and employee ...
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Visa B2B Connect

Visa B2B Connect launches faster FI cross-border payments

Let’s face it. Cross-border B2B payments are still at the teething stage. Trillions of dollars move through large decentralized financial networks daily, but the process is slow, complicated, ...
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Amazon and Synchrony

Amazon Credit Builder targets credit-challenged consumers

According to FICO, over 25% of US consumers have a “poor” credit rating thanks to overspending, over lending, and inadequate regulation. That’s more than 43 million Americans with ...
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June 7 global payments news

June 7 Global payments news roundup

We’ve got a great roundup of stories this week on payments, fintech, retail, and e-commerce. POS consumer loans are growing fast and estimated at $6 trillion annually. A ...
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FTD bankruptcy

FTD bankruptcy: Send flowers?

It’s never a happy day when a 109-year-old retailer files for bankruptcy. That’s certainly the case with FTD as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and begins ...
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global POS loans market equals $6 trillion

Point-of-sale finance competition growing fast

The checkout line is getting crowded with point-of-sale (POS) finance competitors each looking for a slice of the consumer lending market with the help of innovative technology and ...
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